Battle for Skyline Ridge: The CIA Secret War in Laos (Parker James E.)(Pevná vazba)

Battle for Skyline Ridge: The CIA Secret War in Laos (Parker James E.)(Pevná vazba)

The first complete account of the secret battle of Skyline Ridge, 1972, when a ragtag Laos-Thai army supported by the CIA threw back a vast NVA army.In late 1971, the People's Army of Vietnam launched Campaign 'Z' into northern Laos, escalating the war in Laos with the aim of defeating the last

Bomb Children: Life in the Former Battlefields of Laos (Zani Leah)(Pevná vazba)

Half a century after the CIA's Secret War in Laos--the largest bombing campaign in history--explosive remnants of war continue to be part of people's everyday lives. In Bomb Children Leah Zani offers a perceptive analysis of the long-term, often subtle, and unintended effects of massive air

The Green Berets in the Land of a Million Elephants: U.S. Army Special Warfare and the Secret War in Laos 1959-74 (Celeski Joseph)(Pevná vazba)

The first full history of the U.S. Army Special Forces who served and fought in the Secret War in Laos.The Secret War in Laos was one of the first 'Long Wars' for special operations, spanning a period of about thirteen years. It was one of the largest CIA-paramilitary operations of the time, kept

Operation Dragon: Inside the Kremlin's Secret War on America (Woolsey R. James)(Pevná vazba)

This book by former CIA Director R. James Woolsey and former Romanian spy chief Ion Mihai Pacepa, who defected to the US in 1978, describes why Russia remains an extremely dangerous force in the world while finally and definitively putting to rest the question of who killed President Kennedy on

The Battle of Fontenoy 1745: Saxe Against Cumberland in the War of the Austrian Succession (Falkner James)(Pevná vazba)

The Battle of Fontenoy marked a turning point in the War of the Austrian Succession, yet it has rarely been analyzed in depth and the Europe-wide conflict in which it played a part is little understood. James Falkner, in this perceptive and original account, puts the record straight by describing

The Art of War for Spiritual Battle (Trimm Cindy)(Pevná vazba)

This new book by best-selling author Cindy Trimm, The Art of War for Spiritual Battle will become the 'go-to' manual for preparing Christians to have victory in today's spiritual battles with the enemy through strategic spiritual warfare and powerful intercessory prayer. Using occasional relevant

The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception (Melton H. Keith)(Paperback)

Once a top-secret training manual for CIA field agents in the early Cold War Era of the 1950s, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception is now available to the general public. An amazing historical artifact, this eye-opening handbook offered step-by-step instructions to covert intelligence

Battle of Britain: Book 2 of the Ladybird Expert History of the Second World War (Holland James)(Pevná vazba)

Batman Vol. 2: The Joker War (Tynion IV James)(Pevná vazba)

This is it: the Clown Prince of Crime battles the Dark Knight Detective head-to-head for the last time. And one way or another, this will be the final chapter of their agelong conflict. The Clown Prince of Crime and the Dark Knight Detective go head-to-head for the last time. The Joker has never

Slaughter and Stalemate in 1917: British Offensives from Messines Ridge to Cambrai (Warren Alan)(Pevná vazba)

What went wrong for British forces in 1917? Relive the key battles through first-hand accounts and little-known incidents of World War I. This book offers a fresh, critical history of the 1917 campaign in Flanders. Alan Warren traces the three major battles fought by the British Expeditionary Force

Ho Chi Minh Trail 1964-73: Steel Tiger, Barrel Roll, and the Secret Air Wars in Vietnam and Laos (Davies Peter E.)(Paperback)

The secret history of America's air war to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the supply routes upon which Communist victory in the Vietnam War was dependent. The Trails War formed a major part of the so-called 'secret war' in South East Asia, yet for complex political reasons, including the involvement of

Marine Tank Battles in the Pacific (Gilbert Oscar E.)(Pevná vazba)

No previous book has been devoted to Marine Corps armor in World War II. Gilbert's gripping narrative combines exhaustive detail on Marine armor and combat with moving eyewitness accounts, never before published, of what it was actually like to be a Marine tanker in action in the

Jade War (Lee Fonda)(Pevná vazba)

In Jade War, the sequel to the World Fantasy Award-winning novel Jade City, the Kaul siblings battle rival clans for honor and control over an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis.On the island of Kekon, the Kaul family is locked in a violent feud for control of the capital city and the supply of

Checkmate in Berlin - The Cold War Showdown that Shaped the Modern World (Milton Giles)(Pevná vazba)

A compulsive page-turner about the battle for Berlin and control of the Western world in the aftermath of the Second World War from 'the master of narrative

James Bond Origin Hc (Parker Jeff)(Pevná vazba)

At last, the definitive account of James Bond's exploits during World War II! MARCH, 1941: Seventeen-year-old James Bond is a restless student in Scotland, an orphan, eager to strike out and make his mark on the world. But a visit by an old family friend coincides with THE CLYDEBANK BLITZ, the

Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA (Prados John)(Paperback)

From its founding in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency has been discovered in the midst of some of the most crucial-and most embarrassing--episodes in United States relations with the world. Richard Nixon's 1969 presidential order that declared CIA covert operations

Inventing Equality: Reconstructing the Constitution in the Aftermath of the Civil War (Bellesiles Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The evolution of the battle for true equality in America seen through the men, ideas, and politics behind the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments passed at the end of the Civil War. On July 4, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood in front of a crowd in Rochester, New York, and asked, 'What to the slave is

The Art of War (Tzu Sun)(Pevná vazba)

'Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril.' The Art of War, by the Chinese general and philosopher Sun Tzu, is one of the most influential books of military strategy ever written. More than 2,000 years old, this classic of Chinese philosophy lays out a

Southern Thunder - The Royal Navy and the Scandinavian Trade in World War One (Steve Dunn)(Pevná vazba)

Fascinating narrative of the fierce battle for Scandinavian trade in the North Sea. The fourth book dealing with the various theatres of trade defence during WWI which completes the author's analysis of this vital aspect of naval

Rampage: Macarthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila (Scott James M.)(Pevná vazba)

Before World War II, Manila was a slice of America in Asia, populated with elegant neoclassical buildings, spacious parks, and home to thousands of U.S. servicemen and business executives who enjoyed the relaxed pace of the tropics. The outbreak of the war, however, brought an end to the good life

A Question of Time: A Cold War Spy Thriller (Stejskal James)(Pevná vazba)

'Stejskal, who served 35 years with the U.S. Army Special Forces and the CIA, convincingly describes the mission's progress, and does a good job building suspense even if the outcome is never in doubt. Fans of realistic espionage fiction will look forward to the sequel.' -- Publishers

Bait: The Battle of Kham Duc (McLeroy James)(Pevná vazba)

An account of the battle of Kham Duc, one of the least known and most misunderstood battles in the American Phase of the Second Indochina War (1959 to 1975).The strategic potential of the three-day attack of two NVA regiments on Kham Duc, a remote and isolated Army Special Forces camp, on the eve

Lepanto 1571: Christian and Muslim Fleets Battle for Control of the Mediterranean (Fields Nic)(Pevná vazba)

The battle of Lepanto was the last major battle between fleets of oar-powered war ships, and author Nic Fields examines this battle's status as a truly decisive battle in history.The battle of Lepanto has long been considered one of the decisive naval battles of history. Yet, the savage fighting on

The Battle of Actium 31 BC: War for the World (Fratantuono Lee)(Pevná vazba)

A good argument could be made that the Battle of Actium was the most significant military engagement in Roman history. On a bright September day, the naval forces of Octavian clashed with those of Antony and Cleopatra off the coast of western Greece. The victory Octavian enjoyed that day set the